Ross said he never dreamed he would win the title. "It was my favorite event to watch every year, since I was a small child," he said. "But actually winning it, I never thought I'd do it. It's been unbelievable. I've had fun."

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In the opening round of the finals, Evans leaped over a covered easel and delivered a left-handed windmill slam. After the dunk, he pulled the cover off the easel and revealed a picture of himself dunking the ball.

He then signed the picture to the roar of the crowd. But Ross clinched the competition with his gravity-defying leap over the ballboy, who also needed a leap of faith that he was not going to get clobbered.

"I told him the day before that I was going to jump over him, but I never told him I was going to go through the legs," said Ross. "He was kind of nervous.

"When I first grabbed him he said, 'You're not going to hit me, right?' I said, 'No, I'm not going to hit you.' So I had to calm his nerves."

In the three-point contest, the 20-year-old Irving, who is also playing in Sunday's All-Star game, said he was using the occasion to become better known because the Cavaliers are generally out of the national spotlight.

"This weekend was just basically about earning everybody's respect and getting a chance to people to see me that don't usually see me," he said. "We're not nationally televised.